Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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Friday, April 12, 192V
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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
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Forty Years Ago
April 6,1889
DICK COLLINS, Editor-Owner
state Journal.
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Friday Morning, April 12, 1929
April 9. 1909
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where moving picture shows are
ago.
know that their home county paper should bring
Chico State Bank
at Chico, State of ‘Texas at the elose
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"Since you have selected farming as
your life work, go at it, stick to i
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of 2S borough councils in Loudon.
15 have done nothing in the past seven
years to build new houses or relieve
the conditions of the slums, recently
declared the bishop of London.
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from Wisconsin and Smyrna figs from
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Honitor.
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We often get np in the morning
feeling like an altitude record and go
to bed at night feeling like engine
trouble.—Ohio State Journal
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It is believed in some quarters that
Moody’s veto of the Wirtz bill caused
disappointment in the ranks of the
leaders of the Hoover democrats.
Those Newcastle bocsters are on the
right road: the 39th from Texarkana
to Roswell, N. M., with federal gov-
ernment backing.
Now comes a report to the effect
that citizens in the great Chico coun-
try want a direct highway from that
section into the county capital.
Night is the best time for sardine
fishing as it is easier to locate the fish
at that time.
The smoke from a great forest fire
near Duluth, Minn., was timed by ob-
servers and in three days was found
as far south as Texas where the odor
was quite noticeable.
Televox has begun to show human
traits. Among other things be is sus-
ceptible to sirens.—New York Times.
The trouble with industry and com-
merce is that congress is the back-seat
driver.—Boston Shoe and Leather Re-
porter.
terday and il is thought that he will
recover.
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have legalized Suday movies in every
village and hamlet in Texas than to
have a law which is generally flouted
and ignored, as we notw have.—-Wichita
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was going down-hill. I had my
children to look after, and I
was afraid of what would be-
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ram li nt the Post Office at Decatur. Texas, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Next to Fostoffice
For diving in the river Kennet, in
England, and rescuing a cat whose
struggles were being watched by men
and boys. Miss Geyneth Herford, a
Reading University student, has been
awarded a medal by the Royal Society
for the prevention of cruelty to ani-
mals.
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CORRHCT ATTEST:
JNO. J. BLANTON,
S. H. CURTNER,
T. 8. STEPHENS, Directors.
Subseribed and sworn to before me
THE SUNDY LAW
us if we were satisfied, and each of
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Cashier’s Checks Outstand-
It appears that the "joke’ candi-
date for chief magistrate ol Dalia
came down the stretch in the recent
municipal election a nose ahead of the
field. Depend on those Dallas patriots
to do the unexpected.
II. K. Fuilingim rejoices over the
recent arrival of a new baby at his
i home.
A vanished bit .'fl protertive color-
ation is the girlish blush.— Arkansas
Gazette.
ty judge was created in this county
about forty years ago. and il is believ-
ed that Judge J. W. Patterson was
the first man to hold the pesition.
The old sister who takes delight in
repeating, frequently manufacturing,
tales of damaging character about
some neighbor’s offspring, should ped-
die softly, in view of the fact that hi r
offsprings are making whoopee whop
on every occasion.
on Sunday, and he wants the law en- .
forced in these places just as it is in ।
"I SUFVENED fre-
quently from MTV-
oua headaches, and
I could not aleep
well," says.. Mr
Core Dover, R F. D.
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j Then came Sam Hodges, G. B. Pickett,
Represeatative Woodall of Marshall : w. w Brady. W. H. Eullock, .1. T.
says he will introduce a resolution at Johnson, R. F. spencer, S. G. Tankers
the special session calling on the gov- ley. and J. G. Gose. Some of these
ernor and other state off icia Is* to en gentlemen held the office three term-,
force the Sunday theater law through- ] And au these ex-county judges are
out the state. There are 112 cities i alive and enjoying life, save one.
and towns in Texas. Mr. Woodall says, w. w. Brady, who died about 20 years
The merchants of Aurora claim tu
ve naanded over $201,000 worth ot
Now Senator Heflin's enemies will
wonder why he does not enforce the
prohibition amendment in his own
home circle.
drinks, and other things sold in Mar
shall, and in nearly every Texas com of business mi tile 27th day of March
munity on Sunday? Will Mr. Wo d ; 1929.
all's resolution demand thati the law ]
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Capt. II. E. Brady. Sam McMillan
and Walter Harding were fishinz
Wednesday at the gun club lake.
J. Burns Beard and wife have re
turned to their home in Frederick,
after a week’s visit to Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Beard.
The commissioners’ court has order-
ed an election to be held at Alverd to
pass on the issuing of $10,000 worth
of bonds for the purpose of building a
brick school building in that town.
Henry L. Ward was re-elected may-
or of Decatur without opposition last
That they may understand highway
motor traffic and troubles. 220 men
in the Birminghamshile, England,
county police force are being taught
to run automobiles.
Not five per cent of the voters in
Decatur participated in the school
trustee election. The brutal majority
not taking part in selecting the board
will have no complaint to register.
tioneer proceeded to call in the chips
will hold hen eg8S, turkey eggs. suinea ; this week ordered by the com mission- . and deliver each man his valuable or
eggs, and so on. It will also bo] ■ • i rs‘ court to pay out $2,000 on the J valueless purchase. He asked each of
various grades of eggs, but everyone i court house indebtedness. This leaves
us. secretly hoping for some sort of :
rebate, said we were satisfier an 2
One known as the ace of gangsters
is under arrest in Chicago. Now le!
the rest of the pack be included in a
grand slam. Boston Transeript.
The farm is the farmer's egg basket, i assistance of Mrs. Hoyl, the child
but it does not mean that he should would have been burned to death,
carry only one kind of eggs in it. i County Troasurer Wash Davis wa:
The late Andrew Carnegie, he of
Scotch nativity, big fortune, big heart,
and much common sense, when asked
by a young man for a good rule for
a business life, said : "Put all your
eggs in one basket, and then watch
that basket.”
Such advice should not be construed
as some do. to mean that a farmer
for example, should confine himseli
ro one crop any inure than it means
to put all your eggs into one basket,
and then watch just one of the eggs.
Even had he so meant the southern
rounds of the courthouse, seeking
before, his basket is the farm itself.
Cotton is one crop egg, corn another.
wheat another, oats another. Poultry, what news he could devour, one day
hogs, sheep, cattle, all ar- eges in tl ) this week, found Judze Terrell in i
basket called the farm. The job is tu reminiscent m ■ and we zot the
-ee that it contains them. I (alias i lowing fron him : The office of coun-
NOTIC E TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any ha
ftm penson or corporation which may appear at any time in the colums of
the dessenger will la- gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
of the publisher.—DICK COLLINS. Publisher.
Jimmy Walker has been selected to
heed Tammany. Several months ago
some thousands of Texans selected to
tell the same oganization.
The greal iron master never allowed
anything to go to waste that could be
used to advantage.
In the business he was engaged in.
that of manufacturing steel products,
he did not confine himself exclusively j Tuesday. John w.
to producing steel rails for railroads. | Gose and Geo. y
Political rumor has il that Cat
sells, former Indian commissimer
tinder Woodrow Wilson, has been ten-
dered a good position with the Hcover
administration. Sells is an able mar
and his private and public life is an
open book to the people.
knows that the thing to do is to pul $78,000 worth of 4 per cent bonds
ini.i it ..uly such as will bring ill-! against the cvurt house. The originat
greatest returns. cost of the building, furnished, was
Farmer vice-president, C h a r l ey
Dawes, goes to the Court of St. James
as Uncle Sam's ambassador. This will
Is- disappointing news to the leaders
of the Texas Hodver-demo, faction.
Offiee of Publication—Messenger Building, 206 West Walnut Street,
TELEPHONE 45
who was badly
is improving yes-
Member of National Editorial Association, World Press Congress, and The Rtep. Piekett and R. M Collin are
Texas Press Association ' expected |<. he at home from Austin
' 1 --- this week.
According to the style-setters, the
girl who would be strictly in style
will display her back to the waist line.
It is called the "sun back." We are
progressing.
new secretary o war eome
chicugo, and we sappose he's
That learned Texas lawmaker who
is seeking notoriety in the Texas law-
makers’ body as a champion of snn-
day law enforcement by clamring
loud and long for the closing of pic-
ture shows in the cities on the Sab-
bath, should not overlook the viola-
tions in the little country towns. The
members of the knot-hole spitters
union and the devotees of the pulse-
throbbing games of crack-a-loo and
penny matehing in the country hamlets
will tell the agitated legislator where
to “head in."
Tyler Commercial college. He now
has a position as bookkeeper with
sonal or collateral secur-
ity .......... $88,190.35
overdraft s, undoubtdly
good
<'listomers’ Bonds held for
safekeeping ------ —
Rel Estate (Banking
house)
Furniture and Fixtures.
Cash on hand
Due from approved reserve
agents
Interest in Depositor's
Guaranty Fund
A s s e s s in e n t Depositors
Guaranty Fund ......
County of Wise:
We. T. S. McCurdy, as President, j
and V. E. Baldridge, as Cashier of
the said bank, each of us, do
solemnly swear that the above state-
ment is true lo the best of our knowl-
edge and belief.
T. 8. MeCURDY, President.
"Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always Tm+,V--re A cA
be in the right: but our country, right or wrong." Stephen Decatur. Iwenly 1 cdrS H8O
"How much should mothers tell
their daughters?" asks a preacher.
Not much, say we, if they don't want
to display their ignorance.—Border
Cities star
The Montreal Star in its sage way
likens life to a one-way street, point-
ing out that you're not coming back,
and another resemblance is that a
good many of the people in it are
going the wrong way.—Ohio State
Journal.
them the local and county news. The country
Frank Koleris,
Subscription Kate—$1.50 per Year
framers of the original Sunday ebbing |
law over-reached themselves in their |
zeal. with the result that Texas would i
now be far better off without any
Sunday law at all than with a meas-
ure that is not literally observed, so
far as we are aware, in a single coun-
ty in Texas.
The governor in his veto message
said that the legislator' could not
authorize cities and towns to set aside
a state law. The way to make Sun
day monies legal is to repeal the
present law and authorize cities and
towns to pass ordinances forbidding
Sunday shows within their respective
corporate limits. These who object
to that plan should unite in the enact-
ment of a new Sunday law that will
remove the unreasonable and unen-
forceable prohibitions of the present
nor steel structural material. He elected aldermen,
manufactured steel and iron produci-
of various kinds. Chas. Christian came in Sunday
Doubtless, had he been applying Ns from Tyler, where he has just com-
advice to farmers, he would have said, pieted a course in bookkeeping at the
happy. He told us aii to sinile. Some
of us could only muster a sickly grii -
while others smiled broadiy, and som •
even laughed out loud. It was after
ward learned that Ilie* loud laugher
were fellows that still had all thei
money and hadn't paid anything f« r
Ute blessed privilege of keeping it.
Bui, after all, I he auctioneer was
honest. He made us all a present of
a genuine "Arkansas coon’s eye dia-
mond" stick pin. Of course the dime
or dollar we paid for the chips and
the three dollars worth of time we
spent in standing around all evening
can’t be charged against i he pin. "That
is just so much valuable experience.
P. S.— If any of our readers want a
diamond pin. we can get them one at
a bargain, and throw in as much ex-
perience as they want free.
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Dick Collins, Editor I
Bui does Marshall observe the Sun :
day law in all particulars? Does any |
community? Aren't cigarettes, soft j
In a co-mile gale of wind a window '
only 10 feet square is subject to 1,800 '
pounds pressure.
\ stamp bearing the portrait of
Ananias rather than WashiDgton
wo....... mire appropriate for som.
of the stuff we get in the mai Ar
kansas Gazette.
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this 4th day of April, A. D., 1029. @
J. T. LYNCH, Notary ublic; I
(Sedl) Wise County, Texas.
V. E. BALDRIDGE Cashier.
Gavernor Iran Moody has called a
special session of the legislature and
high noon on April 22 is the day set
for the convening. In the mean-time
the tax-payer will perform as commit-
tee on expense.
one-crop farmers had already proved
such advice to be bad, and some con-
tinue to prove it every year.
What this canny Scot, great busi-
ness man and * philanthropist, die
mean was to decide on one sort of
business and stick closely to that.
There is little question that had Mr
< arnegie been a farmer he would have
Heen a pronounced di versification! si.
Loans and discounts, un-
doubtedly good on per-
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If none of the numerous Wichita
plales in Mexico 1* in trouble it •
Levau thes are used to several Iho
sand revolutions a minute Wiehita
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be enforced, not only as to Sundav
amusements, but as to drug stores as
well?
There is the weakness in the law eli-
f< reement scheme. The Sunday law
as a whole is unenforceable. Anyon-
who undertakes to enforce it cannot
very well single out one class of viola-
tor and overlook another class. 'The
one. We believe it would ho better to i
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• ( a recent Saturday afternoon
of the most noted giherings in the
annals of history Look place on the
vacant iot at the southeast corner of
the square in Decatur. The crowd
was made up of some of the must
prominent men of Decatur and sur
rounding country. Ketired farmers
were there, business men were there,
teachers, preachers, doctors ad law-
yers were all present at various times
during lite meeting. Men of gond r-
putation ami sterling qualities mingled
with i he riff-raff ami rabble all 0 an
equal fiwoting.
The occasioir was the auctioning off
of some silver doodads and gold thing
a-majiggs and some leather cadetlers.
On I he east the great erowd was
j bounded by a conerete wall and on
; the south by a shoe shop and on the
west by the bank. The whole scene
was beautifully set off by the smiling
faces of Dr. Prunty and Lawyer Jade
dell casting a rainbow halo over the
milling crowd from an open window
in Doc’s office.
The auctioneer, in order to Im* fair,
wouldn't let anyone bid on the stuff
without said bidder held a blue or
red poker chip entitling him the cdvet-
ed privelege of bidding. The blue
chips sold for a dime and the red
chips sold for one doilar. Of course
no one wanted to be out of the bidding
so all of us plunked down the money
for the coveted chips, each man ac-
cording to his ability. The plan of
bidding was beautifully simple. The
fortunate bidders, at the start, were
allowed to bid in the stuff and hold
their money till the auctioneer called
for it at a later date. This plan of
doing business naturally made us
lucky first bidders feel good. We felt
specially honored to think that i
stranger would let us hold our money
for him. We later woke up to the
fact that we had paid the man a dime
or dollar for the privilege of standing
in the hot sun all afternoon and held-
ing our money. We later realized that
we might have held our own money
for nothing and stayed in the shade
where we c(hld have been comfortable
if we had been sensible enough to
have kept it in the first place.
At the close of the day, when the
crowd had been bled white, the auc-
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock - $25,000.00
other Surpus Fund ....... 7,649.00
Undivided profits, net _______ 1,159.78
Individual Deposits subject
to check ......... - 106,951.55
Time Certificates of De-
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and get everything out of the soil ' Lillard & Co.
it will produce from which you cah While playing about the fireplace
make any money. It is all well ! last Wednesday morning at the home
enough to specialize in some product-, of its parents, the little child of Mr.
but not to confine yourself to such and Mrs. A. C. Hoyl had its clothing
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